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Retirement party for Mark Recchi?

Bruins veteran says he'll hang up skates if team takes home Stanley Cup

Updated: March 30, 2011, 2:13 AM ET
By Joe McDonald | ESPNBoston.com

BOSTON -- There was a reason Mark Recchi wanted to return for his 23rd NHL season with the Boston Bruins.

"If we win a championship, I'm gone," Recchi said with authority following the Bruins' 3-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night at TD Garden, a game in which he registered his 1,532 career point to surpass Paul Coffey for 12th place on the NHL's all-time points list.

If the Bruins can't pull it off this season, Recchi says he will consider coming back ...

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